chateau
Use Chateau in a sentence noun, plural châ·teaux 
[sha-tohz; French shah-toh] , châ·teaus.
[sha-tohz; French shah-toh] , châ·teaus. 1.
(in France) a castle or fortress.
2.
a stately residence imitating a distinctively French castle.
3.
a country estate, especially a fine one, in France or elsewhere on the Continent.
4.
( often initial capital letter ) a winegrower's estate, especially in the Bordeaux region of France: often used as part of the name of a wine.
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chateau or château (ˈʃætəʊ, French ʃɑto, ˈʃætəʊ, French ʃɑto) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -teaux, -teaus | |
| 1. | a country house, castle, or manor house, esp in France |
| 2. | (in Quebec) the residence of a seigneur or (formerly) a governor |
| 3. | (in the name of a wine) estate or vineyard |
| [C18: from French, from Old French chastel, from Latin castellum fortress, | |
| château or château (ˈʃætəʊ, French ʃɑto, ˈʃætəʊ, French ʃɑto, -təʊ, -təʊz, -to) | |
| —n | |
| [C18: from French, from Old French chastel, from Latin castellum fortress, | |
| chateau or château (ˈʃætəʊ, French ʃɑto, ˈʃætəʊ, French ʃɑto) | |
| —n , pl -teaux, -teaus | |
| 1. | a country house, castle, or manor house, esp in France |
| 2. | (in Quebec) the residence of a seigneur or (formerly) a governor |
| 3. | (in the name of a wine) estate or vineyard |
| [C18: from French, from Old French chastel, from Latin castellum fortress, | |
| château or château (ˈʃætəʊ, French ʃɑto, ˈʃætəʊ, French ʃɑto, -təʊ, -təʊz, -to) | |
| —n | |
| [C18: from French, from Old French chastel, from Latin castellum fortress, | |
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Word Origin & History
chateau
c.1739, from Fr. château (12c.), from O.Fr. chastel, from L. castellum "castle" (see castle).
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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chateau
in France, during the 13th and 14th centuries, a castle, or structure arranged for defense rather than for residence. Later the term came to designate any seignorial residence and so, generally, a country house of any pretensions.
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Example sentences
And that's how they are, those ones up there round the château-that's how they live.
She takes them to her country chateau, and the flock is happy there.
We will proceed to the château, and study matters on the spot.
It's a bizarre account of a chateau whose inhabitants transform into one another when we're not looking.
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